Cultipacker Guideline Use for Sowing Seed

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That's what I love about my old hand lever adjustable disks I have. The pull type below, and have a M-F 3 pt. one. Set to full cut to cut the surface, then adjust for the finish for planting garden seeds, or, just barely set to cover, cover crop seeds. This year I sowed Oats on the potato patch. Being a small area, I used the 3 pt. disk, because of lack of turning space, to cut it up. Sowed the Oats, then a pass on the first notch, just enough to stir the surface to cover seed, and mini ridges if you will, then another pass with the cultipacker Dad built back in the early 60's, shown behind the pull type disk.

I did sow the whole 50 lbs. on this little patch to suppress weeds, and for a cover crop mulch to plant in next Spring. As you can see, I got a pretty good stand. I'm rather surprised it hasn't headed out, for as tall as it is, maybe because it's so thick. A sort of win-win for me, no "seed" Oats growing next year. No killing frost to date yet, just some light one's to brown some of the tops a bit. I'm more surprised the Deer haven't been eating on all of that lush green. I can see where they've browsed a bit on it, but not graze, like on grass in the hayfield. It will be interesting to me, to see what kind of organic mass I have on top next Spring after the winter kill, and hopefully some snow to press it down to plant down through.

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